People sell organs in China. In the West, people occasionally die if they get between crazed store customers and an electronics sale. These two darknesses have conjoined in an awful report out of China. From the Daily Tech story:A Chinese teen has made headlines due to the lengths . . . . Continue Reading »
Over on Evangel, Gayle Trotter has an interview with Bryan Caplan , professor of Economics at George Mason University, about his new book, Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids: Why Being a Great Parent Is Less Work and More Fun Than You Think . Throughout the book, Caplan shows that the . . . . Continue Reading »
Not yet a fan of First Things on Facebook? Didn’t know First Things was on Facebook? Well, it is, and you can become a fan here . You also can become a fan of Richard John Neuhaus and some members of the First Things family: Robert P. George John Haldane David Bentley Hart Richard . . . . Continue Reading »
Bret Lythgoe provided some thoughtful responses to yesterday’s post about animal activism in China: For me, there is no problem being religious, and for animal rights. The only consistent view, is to be against abortion, euthanasia, and killing and exploiting animals. Then in another comment: . . . . Continue Reading »
Not by assisted suicide. From the Detroit Free Press story:Known as Dr. Death even before launching his fierce advocacy and practice of assisted suicides, Kevorkian, 83, died at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, where he had been hospitalized with kidney and heart problems. His attorney, Mayer . . . . Continue Reading »
[Note: At the request of a reader, I’ve decided to make the summer reading suggestions an annual tradition. Next Friday I’ll post the recommendations for 2011. But I thought since the 2010 list contains some of my favorites that I’d repost it once more. One minor change from last . . . . Continue Reading »
So here’s a real nice discussion of my MODERN AND AMERICAN DIGNITY . . . . . Continue Reading »
Many readers of First Thoughts may be aware that San Francisco voters will be voting in November to criminalize circumcision—no religions exemptions allowed. Beyond the questions of the propriety of putting such a personal family matter up for a vote, the author of the initiative runs . . . . Continue Reading »
I hate to get back to this issue, but Secondhand Smokette has a post out today in her San Francisco Chronicle “Token Conservative” blog that shows the profound anti Semitism exhibited in some of the anti circumcision advocacy of Matthew Hess, the author of San Francisco’s upcoming . . . . Continue Reading »
Animal rights advocates—and others—went into furious conniptions because Sarah Palin authorized wolves to be shot from helicopters as part of Alaska’s animal management program. Some ever—erroneously—claimed she did the shooting. She did not, but left that . . . . Continue Reading »
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